Chapter 11 "Kain Fuery, My Fiancee"

--Winry--

"Hello?" Winry picked up the phone. It was a man. It wasn't the only call she'd gotten over the week. She had put an add in the paper after all. "Yes? This is Winry Rockbell, yes."

"My name's Kain Fuery and I live in Central, but I have a vacation soon and I was wondering if I could head out there so we can get together."

"Well..." Winry fumbled with words. She had been thinking about calling Edward again or sending him a letter. But he hadn't responded. Not to mention Alphonse saying Edward was kissing someone the other night. "Sure! I'd love to have some company, it's been kind of lonely since the last guy who called told me the other day that he had a girlfriend."

"Oh...that's gotta bite. I'm sorry to hear that." Kain said. "Not to change the subject or anything, but do you happen to like dogs?"

"I love dogs! I have one of my own. He's a sweet dog. He lost a foreleg in an accident when he was a puppy though. That's were my Grandmother's skill for mechanics came in handy. We're both auto-mail mechanics."

"Wow! Really? I'd love to see your work!"

"If you live in Central, then you've probably seen my work before, that's if a boy named Ed Elric lives there."

"Well, I've seen an Edward Elric around here and he has an auto-mail arm. I'm thinking he has a mechanical leg, too, judging the way he limps."

"I always called him Ed, so maybe his full name was Edward. I forgot now...it's been many years since I last saw him."

"Was he short for his age?"

"I think so."

"Then I might've seen him. He's actually a handy guy to have around, ya know? Not recently though..." he added sadly. "He lost his mother and a close friend recently, so life's been pretty hard on him."

"Oh..." Winry started thinking about the Edward on the radio. He just lost his mother and a friend and he was having a hard time getting through the day. "Before you leave, tell him chin up, okay?"

"Okay!" Kain laughed. "I will. Tell you what, I'll be there in a week."

--A week later--

"I'm going to the trainstation, Grandma!" Winry shouted up the stairs and grabbing her jacket. She left early in the morning so she could run to the trainstation which took her about fifteen minutes. The rest of the day was for looking for Kain Fuery. She found his platform and waited. After about three hours, a man in light blue slacks, a black button down, short black hair and rather big glasses came off the train. He appeared to be looking for someone. Winry got up from her seat and introduced herself.

"Oh, hi, Winry!" he said happily. "I'm Kain Fuery, from Central command. Nice to meet you!"

"Would you like to unload at my place and settle in first?" Winry asked. When Kain agreed, they headed over to the Rockbell's house.

--Two months later--

"My goodness, Mr. Fuery! You're stories of the Eastern City never cease to make me laugh!" said Pinako Rockbell, laughing hard at a particularly funny story about the Colonel making a scene about how much he liked dogs. Winry was laughing, too. She had never heard such funny stories since she read her old children's books.

"You know those stories have a lot more humor in them when I tell them. But otherwise those are true stories. The Colonel is actually a good friend of mine named Roy Mustang. It took him about a year to get promoted to the rank of Colonel and in that time, he'd tell stories of what happened when he was here visiting the Elric brothers. They were always funny to a point, too, of course. He likes adding humor to his stories, as well." Kain said, laughing. He dug something out of his pocket. "I know it's a little early for this kind of thing, Winry, but I..I was wondering if you would marry me?" he handed her the open box. It contained a ring of silver with a heart shaped opal in the middle.

"Kain!" Winry said, taking the box gently and examining the ring inside. "Yes, I will! If it makes all of us happy, then, yes I will!" She looked at Pinako. Pinako looked pleased.

"Whatever makes you happy, Winry, I'm fine with that." she said, smiling.

---that evening---

Winry and Kain sat together on the sofa in front of the fire in the livingroom. After a time, Kain broke the peaceful silence.

"Winry...You know, it's been two months. I have to leave tomorrow." he said, holding her hand, the ring flashing in the light of the flame. Winry looked up with sad eyes.

"Take me with you!" she said.

"I can't. If I did, I'd only see you on the weekends and even that would be pushing the limit. I usually stay in the dorms while working during the week." he said.

"But it would be something."

"Yes, I know." he leaned his head on hers. They listened to the fire crackle for a few moments more before Kain got up.

"I need to pack," he said. Winry followed him.

"I'll help you!"

"Winry," he said, turning and holding her in a hug. "Do you really want to marry me? It's no big deal if you don't...I just wanted someone to be close to and not lose that person, so I wanted to tie us together."

"Kain...I...I know how you feel..Yes, I will marry you." Winry said.

---Next morning---

"Well! I'm off! Thank you, Winry and Pinako for letting me stay." Kain said, waving with his one free hand, the other was holding his suitcase.

"You're welcome!" the two women waved back.

"Oh! I almost forgot!" he said, waving his arm around. He walked up to Winry, gave her a hug and planted a small kiss on her nose. Winry giggled and blushed like a schoolgirl.

"Alright! Bye, Den! Bye, everybody! Winry, I'll call when I get home, okay?"

"Okay! Have a safe trip back!" Winry waved until Kain was out of sight.

---that night---

"Winry!" Pinako groaned from downstairs. "The kid's on again."

"Granny, I'm with Kain. I'm not going to chase somebody I don't even know or care to know!" Winry growled from up in her workshop.

"But, Winry! He says his brother's single again! After a one-time-date!"

"Granny!"

"Okay, okay, Winry." Pinako said, lighting her pipe. "Your loss."

tbc in Chapter 13

A/N: Thanks for reading! Please Review! Oh! Since this story's almost done, I need some requests for a new story! And pairings, too, if there's a specific one you'd like me to write about, I can put it in my upcoming drabble story. Thankies!